Evaluation

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MSP Evaluation
Local evaluation
  • Purpose: required by the state assesses whether the project is meeting desired goals and having the desired impact
  • Evaluation Team: The local evaluation team is comprised of Diane Schilder and Meghan Broadstone of EAS, Inc. The team has evaluated other Mathematics and Science Partnership projects and has reported significant improvements in teachers’ content knowledge, increases in the percentage of teachers who receive licensure, and some evidence of changes in classroom practice and student outcomes.
  • Methods: Pre course survey, end of workshop survey, in class observations of lesson implementation, student knowledge assessments comprised of items from previous MCAS tests and teacher constructed items. The evaluation team will work with teachers to co-construct the assessments.
    • All data collection is designed to assess the project and not individual teachers
    • All data are confidential. We will not share individual data with anyone and will only report summary data that is stripped of any identifying information in our reports.

State evaluation
  • Purpose: To examine the overall impact of Mathematics and Science Partnership funding throughout the state of Massachusetts.
  • Evaluation Team: UMass Donahue Institute.
  • Methods: End of course surveys with anonymous identifiers.
    • State evaluation is completely anonymous
    • Unique identifiers are designed to track participants over time.
Important Administrative Points
  • The state will only give funds for participants who have completed the surveys. Completion in the program is voluntary but we ask that everyone complete the forms in order to receive stipends.
  • Web-based course survey is posted to the Wiki and will be sent to all course participants.